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Wrestling match between Joseph “Jumping Joe” Savoldi and Mayes McLain, Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Wrestling match between Joseph “Jumping Joe” Savoldi and Mayes McLain, Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: November 27, 1935
1935-11-27
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Built in 1924 and located at 1801 S. Grand Ave., the Grand Olympic Auditorium became the Glory Church of Jesus Christ in 2005.
Joseph “Jumping Joe” Savoldi and Mayes McLain in the wrestling ring on the mat with a kneeling referee. The match was part of Lou Daro's International Wrestling Tournament.
Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Savoldi Meets McLain in Wrestling Feature," 24 Nov. 1935: 21.
Text from negative sleeve: 3009. Mc Lain & Savoldi. Wrestlers. [Stamped:] Dec 3 1935
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_10294
ark:/21198/zz002hb7gd
Subject: Wrestlers--California--Los Angeles
McLain, Mayes Watt, 1905-1983
Olympic Auditorium (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Savoldi, Joe, 1908-1974
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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